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Level One Partner Workshop With Lindsay Dixon

Date

Friday, September 16, 2022 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

REGISTER HERE

Location

Hosted via Zoom. Participants will be able to attend online or call in over the phone.

Course Description

This 8-week program will help participants develop the ability to use art as a coping tool and expression of mental health in a peer support environment. The program will be on every Monday 5:30pm - 7:30pm July-August 2022 in person at Northern District Library in midtown Toronto. Art supplies will be provided.

Registration: https://app.acuityscheduling.c...:Recovery%20Programs

• Review the effects of music on the body and the brain
• Discuss the role of music in emotion regulation
• Highlight therapeutic and practical applications of music

About our speaker:

The Art of Life Community Health Centre is happy to announce that the new cycle of the Meditative Art Program for Expecting Mothers will be launching in July 2021!

Community members and future mothers, as well as those women who are actively trying to get pregnant or have recently given birth, are invited to attend a FREE IN-PERSON Introductory Session on Tuesday, July 20th, 2021, at 6:30 pm at the Art of Life Community Health Centre (885 Don Mills Road, UNIT 224, North York, M3C 1V9).

Join Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services for a virtual gallery opening showcasing traditional embroidered artwork of Arabic-speaking refugee women symbolizing their migration journey to Toronto.

This event will include:

- The history of how embroidery has been used traditionally in the Middle East

- Information about the field and use of Art Therapy as a healing method through creative expression

- How traditional embroidery is used as a settlement mental health modality

- Sharing the artwork and stories of the program participants

A theatre program that will help seniors express themselves and get connected during these challenging times.  Will be held every Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 am, via Zoom, from January 14 to March 31st, 2021

For more information and registration,  contact Debbie Lee, SCHC Seniors Health Promotion Coordinator, dlee@schcontario.ca

WELCOME TO THE OLC

OASW is pleased to offer a limited series of free OLC webinars for Registered Social Workers and Registered Social Service Workers with support from the Ontario Government from October 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021.

Don’t delay, our first events are less than a week away!

BMJ published a Swedish research paper that after mult-years, with mean follow up time of 13 years and based on over 85,000 subjects, concluded connections that will affect policy on suicide prevention. 

"No one walks alone, we walk with you," the -Virtual Art in Strathcona Park,  (Ottawa, but hey ... it's VIRTUAL)

Youth Research and Evaluation eXchange (YouthREX) is excited to launch an interactive online conversation series on how the Ontario youth sector is adapting to shifting contexts as a result of COVID-19.

When the pandemic hit, youth programs did not just pack up but continued their relentless search for ways to keep supporting better outcomes for Ontario’s youth!

This Monday, July 13th, in the #VIRTUALARTGROUP, we will create

This webinar will provide an overview of our understanding of the effect of music on the Alzheimer brain.  Specifically, we will review the existing literature focusing on the cognitive effects of passive music exposure, with a particular focus on familiar music. 
 
In addition, we will present data from a recent study involving St. Michael’s Hospital and the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto that demonstrates the benefits of passive familiar music exposure on cognitive performance and brain connectivity in Alzheimer’s disease.

The Art of Recovery - Through Another Lens was a 10-week project at CMHA Toronto, where youth from the MOD Early Psychosis Intervention and Transitional Youth Program were invited to participate in a photojournalism group following the photovoice method. This approach was chosen as a way to engage youth to use photography as a visual representation to express their experiences, perspectives and thoughts around a certain topic or social issue.